Numbers 23:27

And Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take thee to another place. Perhaps it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there.

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In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

In Context

26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that LORD speaks, that I must do?

28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down upon the desert.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:13And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from where thou may see them. Thou shall see but the outmost part of them, and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.

Job 23:13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,

Romans 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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